Familial recurrent paralysis of the brachial plexus. Tomaculous neuropathy
Pou Serradell, A.; De Paiva, V.J.; Alameda, F.; Lloreta, J.; Blasco, R.; Piqueras, A.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 148(2): 123-128
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 1318570 Document Number: 388759
Familial recurrent plexopathy related to tomacular neuropathy is only the localized expression, with a familial predisposition, of a more diffuse disease. Such are the conclusions we drew from a study of 3 cases, in 2 families, of recurrent tomacular brachial plexopathy. In all 3 cases the condition was transmitted by the mother as an autosomal dominant trait. Biopsy of a sensory nerve was performed in 2 cases and showed, in one, typical images of myelinic degeneration at various stages, corresponding to the formation of tomacular tickenings. Tomacular brachial plexography must be distinguished from hereditary amyotrophic neuralgia.